Carl Miller - Linder Village 7-261
Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Thursday, July 27, 2017 8:42 AM
To:Carl
Cc:Barbara Shiffer; C.Jay Coles; Charlene Way; Machelle Hill
Subject:RE: Linder Village (H2017-0088) - Public Testimony
Carl,
Thank you for your comments pertaining to this application. Your emailed will be included in the public record as
testimony for this project.
Sincerely,
Sonya Allen | Associate City Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
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From: Carl [ mailto:ocmillhouse@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:24 PM
To: Sonya Allen; Machelle Hill; Sonya Allen
Subject: Linder Village (H2017-0088)
Dear Meridian Planning and Zoning,
My family has lived in Paramount for over 10 years. We love this community and see additional development
as an overall positive. The location of a commercial center along the intersection of a state highway (US 20-26)
and the only river crossing in Meridian (Linder Road) is conducive to commercial development as long as
access controls established by ITD and ACHD are followed.
Done correctly, this commercial center could provide nearby shopping and services, reduce long-
trips to other regional shopping outside of Meridian, and encourage multi-modal trips from the
existing Paramount neighborhood. Additional shopping and service in north Meridian are long
overdue.
However, I think this type of development can integrate into the existing neighborhood fabric with the
following considerations:
1. Either limit the hours of operation for the proposed Winco from a 24/7 operation to 6am—11pm (including
deliveries) or provide additional buffer between the building and the existing Paramount neighborhood. For
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context, there are five other Wincos already in operation in the Treasure Valley and one coming soon in south
Meridian. In all cases there is a sufficient buffer between the grocery store and the nearest neighborhood. This
includes major roadways (Meridian-Overland, Boise-Fairview, Boise-Myrtle, and Nampa-Garrity), vacant land
(Eagle and Nampa—Caldwell Boulevard), or office buildings (Meridian—Progress). The current site plan
shows an insufficient landscape buffer between the major anchors and the new residential section.
2. If additional residential is used as the buffer to Linder Village (as proposed), keep the density and
architectural quality the same that currently exists along Bacall Street. Paramount already has a variety of
housing types, including a large-scale, recently approved, multi-family apartments in the southeast portion of
Paramount.
3. The site plan shows that Arliss Avenue and Bergman Avenue would not be extended into Linder Village.
This is critical to ensure that traffic, especially cut-through traffic from Rocky Mountain High School would not
create an unsafe condition.
4. Having sidewalks extend into the commercial center in a safe way would help Paramount residents be able
to access the shops without having to increase vehicular traffic. The internal circulation pattern needs
improvement. Provide safe crossing from parking areas to the main anchors by reconfiguring traffic patterns
and adding stop controlled pedestrian crossings with treatments.
5. Include additional trees in the parking lot. The nature of large-box anchors requires a lot of parking,
however, the heat-island effect and the overall aesthetics can be vastly improved with landscaping.
6. Most importantly, the proposed entry feature in the NW corner does not improve the community. Even a
small landscaped plaza with amenities between Pads A-C (instead of the access drive) would provide a sense-
of-place to the area, improve the overall image of the center, and encourage economic development. The plaza
at the Meridian Village is less than ½ acre but is one of the reasons that commercial development is so
successful and is considered a community asset. This will prevent this becoming a typical strip mall.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Carl Miller, AICP CTP
Fox Run Way